含羞

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful
trad. (含羞)		含	羞
simp. ^#(含羞)		含	羞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hánxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ sau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánxiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hánsiou
  - Wade–Giles: han²-hsiu¹
  - Yale: hán-syōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshiou
  - Palladius: ханьсю (xanʹsju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ham⁴ sau¹
  - Yale: hàhm sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

含羞

(literary) to feel ashamed and resentful
(literary) to have a shy look; to be bashful

Synonyms

(to have a shy look):

害羞 (hàixiū)
害臊 (hàisào) (colloquial)
怕人 (pàrén)
怕羞 (pàxiū)
怕臊 (pàsào) (literary)

Derived terms

含羞忍辱
含羞草 (hánxiūcǎo)
忍恥含羞／忍耻含羞
忍辱含羞

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